Gaia Regards Her Childrena video-poem by Tova Beck-Friedman

Made to a poem by Alicia Ostriker and read by Duvall O’steen:

Ingratitude after all I have done for themingratitudeis the term that springs to mindyet I continue to generateabundance which they continue to wastethey expect me to go on giving foreverthey don’t believe anything I saywith my wet green windyhot mouth

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Tova Beck-Friedman is an artist, filmmaker, curator and writer. Her work have been shown internationally in festivals, museums, galleries and on television. Beck-Friedman is the founder and creative director of The Pythians and the curator of the on-going series of Short Experimental Documentaries, screening at the Anthology Film Archive, NYC.